WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 40, 3 October 1901, Page 13

WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

London, September 24.— At the wool sales fine croflßbreda and merinos are 5 per cent, above opening rate*. The Opou clip realLondon, September 25.— At the tallow sales 1750 casks were offered and 1450 sold. Fine mutton, 32s 9d ; medium, 29s 6d ; fine beef, 82s 9d ; medium, 295. , Competition at the wool sales is well maintained. Prices are unchanged. London, September 26.— At the wool sales all classes are very firm. The Ngakonui clip sold at 5J.d, and the Patoka at 6Jd. London, September 27.— At the wool sales the Takaka clip realised 6;d. and the Taradale clip 164.d. At the wool sales merinos were unchanged. Crossbreds were slightly in buyers' favor. # London, September 29 —At the wool sales merinos (good) are firm and faulty slightly easier. The sales included the following clips :—R S.T., 4Jd ; Milton, 6 J ,d ; Kawarau, 7'd ; Koorine, 9Jd ; Paka, Is 6>d. To date 113,647 bales have been catalogued and 139,705 sold. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cablegram from their London office:— ' Wool : The Bales progress firmly. Since the close of last sales, greasy merino super and fine greasy crossbred are id per lb higher ; greasy merino medium and inferior are id to Id per lb higher ; scoured merino super, medium, and inferior, are l*d per lb higher ; medium greasy crossbred is par to id per lb higher ; fine Bcoured crossbred is Id per lb higher ; greasy merino lambs Buper is Id to I'd per lb higher ; greasy crossbred lambs is id to Id per lb higher.'